Tusayan National Forest. Arizona. 1910 Proclamation

TUSAYAN NATIONAL FOREST
ARIZ ONA
:tS~ the lPresibent of the 1llniteb States of tlmerica
R ~roclamation
•••
WHEREAS it appears desirable that certain lan~s heret~{ore reserved
and proclaimed as portions of the CoconIno N atlOnal Forest,
together with certain other lands within the Territory of Arizona not here­tofore
reserved, which are in part covered with timber or undergrowth,
should constitute the Tusayan National Forest;
Now, therefore, I, WILLIAM H. TAFT, President of the United States
of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress
approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An
Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of t he Government
for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety­eight,
and for other purposes," do proclaim that on and after July first,
nineteen hundred and ten, the boundaries of the Tusayan National Forest
shall be as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof.
The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands which
are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved
for any public purpose, be subject to and shall not interfere with or defeat
legal rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public
purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is legally main­tained
or such reservation remains in force.
It is not intended by this proclamation to modify the proclamations
heretofore issued establishing the Grand Canyon National Game Preserve
and the Grand Canyon National Monument, both of which include land
embraced in the boundaries of the Tusayan National Forest.
This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of any
lands heretofore opened to settlement and entry under the Act of Con­gress
approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitled" An Act
to provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves."
The eliminations from the Coconino National Forest shown on the
two parts of the attached diagram which are not embraced in withdrawals
for administrative sites for use in the management of the Tusayan National
Forest, or in any other reservation or appropriation shall be restored to the
public domain as provided in the proclamation of this date modifying the
boundaries of the Coconino National Forest.
~1l ~itll.es.s ~lx.e't.eO'fr I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the United States to be affixed.
[ SEAL.]
DONE at the City of vVashington this twenty-eighth day of
June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and ten, and of the Independence of the United States
the one hundred and thirty-fourth.
WM H TAFT
By the President:
HUNTINGTON \MILSON
Actillg Secretary of State.
[No. I049.]

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TUSAYAN NATIONAL FOREST
ARIZ ONA
:tS~ the lPresibent of the 1llniteb States of tlmerica
R ~roclamation
•••
WHEREAS it appears desirable that certain lan~s heret~{ore reserved
and proclaimed as portions of the CoconIno N atlOnal Forest,
together with certain other lands within the Territory of Arizona not here­tofore
reserved, which are in part covered with timber or undergrowth,
should constitute the Tusayan National Forest;
Now, therefore, I, WILLIAM H. TAFT, President of the United States
of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress
approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An
Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of t he Government
for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety­eight,
and for other purposes," do proclaim that on and after July first,
nineteen hundred and ten, the boundaries of the Tusayan National Forest
shall be as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof.
The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands which
are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved
for any public purpose, be subject to and shall not interfere with or defeat
legal rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public
purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is legally main­tained
or such reservation remains in force.
It is not intended by this proclamation to modify the proclamations
heretofore issued establishing the Grand Canyon National Game Preserve
and the Grand Canyon National Monument, both of which include land
embraced in the boundaries of the Tusayan National Forest.
This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of any
lands heretofore opened to settlement and entry under the Act of Con­gress
approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitled" An Act
to provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves."
The eliminations from the Coconino National Forest shown on the
two parts of the attached diagram which are not embraced in withdrawals
for administrative sites for use in the management of the Tusayan National
Forest, or in any other reservation or appropriation shall be restored to the
public domain as provided in the proclamation of this date modifying the
boundaries of the Coconino National Forest.
~1l ~itll.es.s ~lx.e't.eO'fr I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the United States to be affixed.
[ SEAL.]
DONE at the City of vVashington this twenty-eighth day of
June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and ten, and of the Independence of the United States
the one hundred and thirty-fourth.
WM H TAFT
By the President:
HUNTINGTON \MILSON
Actillg Secretary of State.
[No. I049.]